Sandia High

Summary:

Sandia High is a public high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, serving 1,728 students in grades 9-12. This school consistently outperforms the state average in academic proficiency, ranking among the top 20-30% of high schools in New Mexico.

Sandia High's academic excellence is evident across multiple metrics. In the 2022-2023 school year, 56% of students were proficient or better in Language Arts, compared to the state average of 38%. In Mathematics, 29% of Sandia High students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 24%. The school also excels in Science, with 60% of students proficient or better, far exceeding the state average of 34%. Sandia High's strong performance extends to various student subgroups, ranking in the top 10-30 among high schools in the state for female, male, Asian, African American, Hispanic, and Native American students.

When compared to nearby schools, Sandia High stands out as a high-performing institution. Public Academy For Performing Arts and Nex Gen Academy, both public charter schools in the Albuquerque Public Schools district, also perform well and rank in the top 30 high schools in the state. However, other nearby schools, such as Del Norte High and Freedom High, struggle with lower academic proficiency and statewide rankings.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 7801 Candelaria NE
       Albuquerque, NM  87110


(505) 294-1511

District: Albuquerque

SchoolDigger Rank:
33rd of 170 New Mexico High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,994 Help


Feeder schools for Sandia High:

Elementary:    Bellehaven Elementary
    Comanche Elementary
    Inez Elementary
    Osuna Elementary
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Middle:    Madison Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  17.1 Help
Number of students:  1,728

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
55.0%
White:
26.2%
American Indian:
6.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  32.1% Help


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Compare Details Sandia High ranks better than 80.6% of high schools in New Mexico. It also ranks 8th among 24 ranked high schools in the Albuquerque School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 80.64. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Sandia High freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (55%), White (26.2%), American Indian (6.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 32.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sandia High is 17.1. 24 high schools in the Albuquerque School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sandia High is $8,994. 20 high schools in the Albuquerque School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Sandia High:

SchoolDigger ranks Sandia High 33rd of 170 New Mexico public high schools. (See Sandia High in the ranking list.)

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Albuquerque:

SchoolDigger ranks Albuquerque 78th of 119 New Mexico school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sandia High

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Rank History for all students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 92.02 7th 129 94.6%
2006 90.47 8th 134 94.0%
2007 91.00 11th 150 92.7%
2008 95.63 7th 146 95.2%
2009 95.56 7th 151 95.4%
2010 91.94 10th 154 93.5%
2011 86.04 22nd 157 86.0%
2012 89.45 16th 163 90.2%
2013 80.46 28th 177 84.2%
2014 84.33 21st 198 89.4%
2015 71.17 31st 193 83.9%
2016 72.73 30th 185 83.8%
2017 67.25 39th 158 75.3%
2018 71.00 37th 182 79.7%
2019 66.13 46th 181 74.6%
2022 78.93 30th 177 83.1%
2023 80.64 33rd 170 80.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 53.23 16th 31 48.4%
2023 42.90 12th 23 47.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.12 4th 20 80.0%
2019 66.59 8th 31 74.2%
2022 31.21 20th 29 31.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 27.31 46th 62 25.8%
2023 21.14 32nd 38 15.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.77 57th 164 65.2%
2019 48.52 70th 161 56.5%
2022 67.00 29th 154 81.2%
2023 61.13 39th 157 75.2%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 82.40 2nd 24 91.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.79 39th 145 73.1%
2019 71.64 29th 144 79.9%
2022 73.97 35th 157 77.7%
2023 77.91 26th 143 81.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.76 44th 51 13.7%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 75.75 4th 24 83.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.00 36th 143 74.8%
2019 59.15 45th 151 70.2%
2022 78.41 27th 159 83.0%
2023 80.15 27th 146 81.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.42 10th 14 28.6%
2019 57.30 5th 14 64.3%
2022 33.40 24th 31 22.6%
2023 63.14 6th 14 57.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.81 1st 15 93.3%
2019 61.08 3rd 21 85.7%
2022 25.12 19th 24 20.8%
2023 51.70 10th 18 44.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.88 32nd 133 75.9%
2019 61.31 44th 139 68.3%
2022 75.91 33rd 150 78.0%
2023 77.85 23rd 132 82.6%
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Rank History for Native American students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.78 16th 47 66.0%
2019 63.02 11th 47 76.6%
2022 29.43 29th 44 34.1%
2023 77.19 8th 42 81.0%
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Rank History for White students at Sandia High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.95 48th 115 58.3%
2019 67.05 30th 109 72.5%
2022 87.30 10th 133 92.5%
2023 79.70 31st 157 80.3%
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Data source: test scores: New Mexico Public Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: New Mexico Public Education Department

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Enrollment information for Sandia High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1990 1260 35 67 365 39 n/a n/a 0 1766
1991 1262 36 71 373 36 n/a n/a 0 1778
1992 1285 46 75 398 75 n/a n/a 0 1879
1993 1281 35 76 404 64 n/a n/a 0 1860
1994 1309 39 77 399 52 n/a n/a 0 1876
1995 1334 45 76 416 52 n/a n/a 0 1923
1996 1334 45 76 416 52 n/a n/a 0 1923
1997 1346 44 72 416 59 n/a n/a 0 1937
1998 1439 50 66 442 51 n/a n/a 0 2048
1999 1450 48 68 422 60 n/a n/a 0 2048
2000 1384 47 63 429 56 n/a n/a 0 1979
2001 1399 60 50 453 66 n/a n/a 0 2028
2002 1381 53 74 566 63 n/a n/a 0 2137
2003 1381 53 74 566 63 n/a n/a 0 2137
2004 1343 63 89 583 66 n/a n/a 0 2144
2005 1314 67 90 628 71 n/a n/a 0 2170
2006 1250 74 88 606 67 n/a n/a 0 2085
2007 1226 84 78 654 75 n/a n/a 0 2117
2008 1188 83 75 666 74 n/a n/a 0 2086
2009 1155 85 77 673 81 n/a n/a 0 2071
2010 936 56 63 941 66 0 93 0 2155
2011 841 59 59 904 66 0 74 0 2003
2012 764 42 76 938 47 0 82 0 1949
2013 693 49 70 932 50 0 89 0 1883
2014 674 50 70 968 55 0 77 0 1894
2015 651 45 69 934 56 2 85 0 1842
2016 624 48 60 870 59 3 66 0 1730
2017 635 46 63 897 65 4 69 0 1779
2018 573 41 69 905 74 2 69 0 1733
2019 528 37 68 978 83 1 81 0 1776
2020 546 51 66 997 95 0 80 0 1835
2021 508 45 62 993 96 0 82 0 1786
2022 484 51 67 952 101 0 82 0 1737
2023 452 60 74 950 111 0 81 0 1728

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sandia High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 1766 90.3 19.5 n/a
1991 1778 90.6 19.6 n/a
1992 1879 90.4 20.7 2.8
1993 1860 97.1 19.2 n/a
1994 1876 94.9 19.8 n/a
1995 1923 93.2 20.6 n/a
1996 1923 93.2 20.6 n/a
1997 1937 92.9 20.9 n/a
1998 2048 92.7 22.1 n/a
1999 2048 99.0 20.7 0
2000 1979 96.4 20.5 1.5
2001 2028 97.8 20.7 5.6
2002 2137 114.7 18.6 7.1
2003 2137 114.7 18.6 7.1
2004 2144 117.6 18.2 16.3
2005 2170 119.8 18.1 11.3
2006 2085 123.5 16.9 17.4
2007 2117 118.1 17.9 15.2
2008 2086 121.3 17.2 16.7
2009 2071 127.1 16.3 21.4
2010 2155 125.7 17.1 22.9
2011 2003 119.5 16.7 26
2012 1949 107.7 18.0 28.2
2013 1883 106.4 17.6 32
2014 1894 107.7 17.5 33.8
2015 1842 113.0 16.3 34.8
2016 1730 104.0 16.6 35
2017 1779 101.0 17.6 36.4
2018 1733 100.8 17.1 35.3
2019 1776 103.3 17.1 40.7
2020 1835 106.2 17.2 31.8
2021 1786 107.3 16.6 31.8
2022 1737 105.7 16.4 36.3
2023 1728 100.7 17.1 32.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sandia High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 1766 90.3 19.5 n/a
1991 1778 90.6 19.6 n/a
1992 1879 90.4 20.7 2.8
1993 1860 97.1 19.2 n/a
1994 1876 94.9 19.8 n/a
1995 1923 93.2 20.6 n/a
1996 1923 93.2 20.6 n/a
1997 1937 92.9 20.9 n/a
1998 2048 92.7 22.1 n/a
1999 2048 99.0 20.7 0
2000 1979 96.4 20.5 1.5
2001 2028 97.8 20.7 5.6
2002 2137 114.7 18.6 7.1
2003 2137 114.7 18.6 7.1
2004 2144 117.6 18.2 16.3
2005 2170 119.8 18.1 11.3
2006 2085 123.5 16.9 17.4
2007 2117 118.1 17.9 15.2
2008 2086 121.3 17.2 16.7
2009 2071 127.1 16.3 21.4
2010 2155 125.7 17.1 22.9
2011 2003 119.5 16.7 26
2012 1949 107.7 18.0 28.2
2013 1883 106.4 17.6 32
2014 1894 107.7 17.5 33.8
2015 1842 113.0 16.3 34.8
2016 1730 104.0 16.6 35
2017 1779 101.0 17.6 36.4
2018 1733 100.8 17.1 35.3
2019 1776 103.3 17.1 40.7
2020 1835 106.2 17.2 31.8
2021 1786 107.3 16.6 31.8
2022 1737 105.7 16.4 36.3
2023 1728 100.7 17.1 32.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Sandia High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $8,994

Data source: New Mexico Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sandia High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 46th of 181 High schoolsRanks 33rd of 170 High schools
 6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Language Arts (Sandia High)4551.9
 6.9%
   11th Grade Language Arts (Albuquerque)4039.7
 0.3%
   11th Grade Language Arts (New Mexico)4033.1
 6.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Sandia High)1933.7
 14.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Albuquerque)1322
 9%
   11th Grade Mathematics (New Mexico)1015.9
 5.9%
11th Grade Science (Sandia High)3453.4
 19.4%
   11th Grade Science (Albuquerque)2641.9
 15.9%
   11th Grade Science (New Mexico)2540.2
 15.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students17761728
 2.7%
African American3760
 62.2%
American Indian83111
 33.7%
Asian6874
 8.8%
Hispanic978950
 2.9%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White528452
 14.4%
Two or More Races8181
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients40.7%32.1%
 8.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Sandia High

Students at Sandia High are 55% Hispanic, 26% White, 6% American Indian, 5% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 3% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,728 students attended Sandia High.

Sandia High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Bellehaven Elementary
Elementary : Comanche Elementary
Elementary : Inez Elementary
Elementary : Osuna Elementary
Elementary : Sombra Del Monte Elementary
Middle : Madison Middle

Sandia High ranks 33rd of 170 New Mexico high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.

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